middle income
Neither rich nor poor
Middle income describes earnings or wealth that fall between low and high economic brackets—neither poor nor affluent.
The term appears in discussions of economic policy, taxation, and social mobility: middle-income families, middle-income housing.
What qualifies as middle income varies by country and context, but it generally implies financial stability without significant surplus.
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- white picket fenceTraditional property divider
- two-car garageEnclosed space for vehicles
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
working · household · budget · mortgage · paycheck · paycheck to paycheck · making ends meet · stable · modest · aspiring · commute · savings · debt · student loans · healthcare · tuition · college fund · neighborhood
- income levelsupper class, lower class, poverty line, poverty level, poverty threshold
- moneydollar, euro, coin, cash, pound
- social classesupper class, lower class, working class, nobles, aristocrats
middle incomepoverty
Severe lack of resources
wealthy · rich · poor · low income · high income
middle incomeupper class
Wealthiest societal stratum
lower class · working poor · elite · underclass · aristocracy
middle, income, midway, midpoint, middling, midland, midnight, midterm, incoming